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Who Said Them?

Who wrote the letters of Junius?
1t is generally conceded that Sir Philip
Francis did, but there is no certainty
about it. 1t has been well said, how
ever, that the time spent in trying to
find out who Junius was would be
better expended in learning to write
as well as Junius wrote.
"God tempers the wind to the shorn
lamb" was long believed to be from
the scriptures. But Sterne wrote it in
his Sentimental Journey"
This is the time when these ques-
tions come up like Banquc's ghost
(''Macbeth," scene 2, act III.), and
will not down" until traced to their
proper lineage.
A correspondent asks: "Who orig
mated the phrase, Pouring oil on the
troubled waters That discussion
came up here in Detroit some five
years ago. A lady riding in a Cass
avenue horse-car asked another lady
if she knew. Then gentleman offer
ed to write to a friend of his, a fel-
low of Edinburgh college, and, taking
the address of the lady, he gave his
own. In the course of some months
the letter came, and DR.. Samuel Leg
gett copied this part of it into his
Webster's Dictionary of quotations.,
where it is recorded in his fine, schol-
arly handwriting:
The venerable Bede says: "A priest
called Utta was sent into Kent to fetch
Lanplede, King Edwine's daughter,
who was married to King Oswin, A. d.
617. Before his departure Utta Wis
tied Bishop Sida and besought his
prayers for prosperous journey. The
bishop blessed him and gave him pot
of oil, saying: Remember that you
cast into the sea this oyle that | will
give you, and the wind being laid
comfortable fayre weather shall ensue
on the sea"
This has nothing to do with that IA
miliar phrase burning the midnight
oil.
Whence is thy learning? Hath thy toll
Ger books consumed the midnight oil?
This couplet was written by GAY
and used by many of the English
bards.
There is another popular quotation
which has been run to the ground re-
Gently:
Where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.
This was written by the poet Gray
in poem on Etun college.
"When Greek meets Greek, then
comes the tug of war;" is a popular
msquotation from "When Greeks
Joined Greeks, then was the tug of
war, written by n. Lee, who died in
1892
The majority of readers will insist
that cleanliness is next to godIiness"
is in the bible, but it is not John
Wesley said in this wise: Certainly
this is duty, not sin; cleanliness is,
indeed, next to godliness. From whom
did he quote?-DetrOit Free Press.
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In poverty, hunger, and dirt,
SeWs at once with double thread
A shTOud as well rs a shirt


Happily, many of the shirt hanus
are not wholly dependent upon th,a
earnings of their needle. Nu"',ars of
the married women of the poorer
classes work at the -, trade With a
view to srPplemttnting the scanty wa
Se9 oi the'.. husbands, and the addi-
uoh'l. income thus gained, though it
may not be more than three or four
shillings a week, sensibly increases
the comfort of the household. Con-
sidering the wretched prices paid for
the worksdhe surprising thing is that
the women should earn even SO much
as sometimes they do. Take the but
tonholing leading branch Of the
work in Tenement street The holes
are rough punched in the factories,
the work of the outdoor hands being
to stitch them round. This button
holing is admittedly ''niggling' work,
and yet the rate at which it is paid for
by the sweaters is a penny per dozen
collars. As each collar has three
holes, the hand, who finds her own
needle and cotton, has to stitch thirty
six holes for penny! Even SO, some
of the experts, by working long hours,
by rising early on summer mornings
and sitting late on winter nights, by
living on food that is ready to be put
into the mouth, chiefly bread and
butter, and eating as they work; by
acting on these lines, some of the but
tonholers will earn as much as eight
or nine shillings per week. The prices
paid by the manufacturers who give it
out in the first instance are probably
such as would enable a skilled and
industrious hand to make a living
wage: but as matters stand such men
are almost compelled to employ mid
dlemen, and the tender mercies of the
sweater are cruel.-AU the Yer
RO7y1lH
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The Empress Eugene Still Beau
tiful.

An Italian newspaper thus describes
the Empress Eugene as she appeared
recently on the promenade in Naples:
Slender, erect, and with a superb
figure, she is at once to be recognized
as a grande dame. Her bright and
viyacious eyes justify the old fascina-
tion and the episode of the diamonds
IN the Forest of Compiegne. Her still
rosy complexion is admirably pre-
served, and is perhaps owing to the
mild climate which has renewed the
ancient beauty in her cheeks; her hair,
not yet white, still shows tints of pale
gold. The Empress was, as always, in
deep mourning, and wore a long Grape
veil. Although she carried a para
sol in her left hand, her right hand
held the well-known stick, on which
however, she did not lean.
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A SOUND LEGAL OPINION.

E. Bainbridge Munday, Esq, County
Atty, Clay Co., Tex, says: ':Have used
Electric Bitters with most happy results.
My brother was also very low With
Malarial Fever and Jaundice, but was
cured by timely use of this medicine.
Am satisfied Electric Bitters saved my
life."
Mr.. d. /. Wilcoxson, of Horse Gave,
KY, adds like testimony, saying: He
positively believes he would have died.
had it not been for Electric Bitters.
This great remedy will ward off, as
well as cure all MaIarial Diseases. and
for all Kidney, Liver and Stomach Dis
orders stands unequaled. Price 50c.,
and 81 at Hinrichs.
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She Was Right.

A teacher was endeavoring to find
out the proficiency of her little friends
in mental arithmetic, and took the
following method of ascertaining
what she desired to know:
Now, children" she said, "suppose
[ have two squash pies and divide one
of them into ten pieces, which would
you rather have, piece of the pie that
was divided into ten pieces, or of one
that | should cut into one hundred
pieccs?"
There was an absolute hush for
moment, and then little girl answer
ed timidly:
One of the one hundred pieces,
please"
"Why?"
We'll, ma'am, | don't like squash
pie. ."-BOStOn Beacon.
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Growth of Botanical Science.

Botany has so changed, broadened
and deepened within the past twenty
years, that it may seem like retrogres-
sion to talk of flowers. The average
botanist of to-day has gone so far
beyond mere blossoms, as such, in his
study OF minute anatomy, or in his ex-
perlments upon vegetable physiology,
that he sometimes almost forgets that
there are such things as sepals and
petals. lie must cOntine himself to a
single cell, or at most a group of cells,
a tissue, or possibly a tissue system,
or else his associates will speak of him
as being so broad that he must be
shallow. The division of labor, in
fact, has gone so far that one person
studies pollen for lifetime, while
another counts that day lost in which
he does not gain some new fact upon
the endless subject of chlorOphyle.
There are hundreds of noted botanists
who pay no attention to Towering
plants except as they are the hosts of
and subject to destructive inroads
from the almost countless species of
cryptogamic plants belonging to the
rusts, smuts, blights, mildews, and
molds.
1t, therefore, requires much more
courage in this age of advanced botan-
ical thought to attempt to write upon
a theme that is so broad as the one Sc
lccted. Spring flowers" bears the mark
of wear, especially in the hands of those
who can do almost anything better
than to make rhymes. The practical
eye Of the penetrating student of plant
life has gone beyond the beauty in
flowers and finds a golden thread of
adaptation which the average '.spring
poet has never dreamed of, even in
his highest flights after the soul of
things. However, for the genuine
poets be it said that it was reserved
for the immortal Goethe to first COM
prehend the true morphology of SEEM
ingly so simple a structure as flower.
-PopuLar Science Monthly,
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Where ignorance is bliss,
'T'is folly to be wise.
A Pen-Picture of Louis Blanc.

From personal paper in the Cen
tUry, by Kari Blind, on Louis Blanc,
whom he denOminates the last great
leader of the time of the Second Re-
public of France, we quote the follow
ing: In society, the smallness of his
stature, combined with the youthful
ness of his visage, and his habit of
shaving the whole face, several times
led to very exhilarating scenes. Even
many years after his arrival in En-
gland, he was repeatedly mistaken for
a youngster. a relative writing to
me from Germany just reminds me of
the following laughable, but highly
inconvenient, incident: q" DO YOU
remember the dinner at your house,
when we waited so long, and in
vain, for Louis Blanc? Your Irish
housemaid had sent the boy
away, saying that you were engaged
Another dinner had to be arranged, in
order to give my German relative
Il chance of meeting Louis Blame.
''When Louis Blanc's publisher died,
and he temporarily found himself
rather in financial straits, lectures
were arranged for him, at my sug-
SeSJIOH, III Olu ~ JoIIu w OOu AIne-
naum. Mysterious Personages and
Agencies Before the French Revolu-
ton, was the title. Quite a crowd of
literary and political celebrities were
expected. BY an oversight. Louis
Blanc, on this his first appearance as
lecturer in the English language.
himself almost became a mysterious
parsonage to the distinguished au-
dience, the desk being so high that his
head would scarcely have been visi-
bic. Fortunately, in the nick of time,
footstool was provided, on which he
stood all the while when speaking.
The somewhat constrained attitude
imposed upon him thereby perhaps ac-
counts to some extent for the rather
formal and academic manner of his
delivery. In the French Assembly.
too, he had made use of a stool
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ed my wife's dog, sah!' screamed Mill
ard. Then he spat out more feathers.
$50 on home, said the policemen TO
Millard, and he went.
Better do nothin' about it, Misther
Gailaher." said he. .It'll be cross
complaints an no good. I'll have the
poundmaster grab his darg."
''Ye will?' asked Callahan.
.'Oi will"
''Begorra! Oi'Il have ye made sar-
geaut at the next meeting" said the
politician.
The dog is gone, and the peacock,
too. The families continue to nots speak
as they pass by, and are still in state
of armed neutrality. T. Times.
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Not long ago travelling man threw

Not long ago a travelling man threw
a package. which he did not want, out
of a car window near Charlottesville,
Va. Someone thinking the package
had been lost from a postal-car, picked
it up and sent it to the dead-letter office
at Washington. After a weeks :
search the package was returned to its
original owner, who wrote to the de-
partment as follows: If you persist
in making the service so efficient that
an afflicted citizen can not throw away
a package in the woods without getting
1t back through the deadletter office,
what won't they do to us?'
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Senator Stanford relates that

Senator Stanford relates that he
earned his first money when six years
old by sending to market lot of horse
radish which grew in his fathers gar
den. His second venture, which he
declares was the most successful
speculation of his life, was selling five
bushels of chestnuts, which he and his
brothers had gathered for family use,
for SIS.
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The journal does not vouch for the
story. but it is said that a gentleman
OF Boston, who has dogin bingham,
had him brought to a telephone in the
lalter place. and when his master in
Boston called him, the dog went wild
with delight.
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London Needlewomen.

The women engaged in the shirt
trade are to the full as i'll off, as badly
paid, and as much to be pitied as We're
their sisters in the day when Hood
sang their sorrows and sufferings.
The woman who is solely dependent
upon slop shirtmaking starves rather
than lives byit. She soon becomes in
very deed
The seamstress, lean and weary and wan,
With only the ghost of garments on,
who
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1t is remarked by the St. Louis
Globe Democrat that the shoemaker's
wife and the blacksmith's horse 90 I'M
shod, and the state that expects only
its lawyers to make its laws is likely
to be legally lacking
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A crusty old bachelor says: "Women
may talk as they like about feeling the
cold, but just give one of them an en-
gagement ring, and all the cold of Green
land wouldn't make her keep her gloves
on in church,
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Whale extract is recommended as
an economical substitute for beef ex-
tract. A whale weighing 200 tons
yields 5000 pounds of extract. Every
pound of extract means a hundred
pints of soup. 1t has not the slight
est oily or tishy taste.
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j D MARKHAM.

A TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
IA Oalce, in Toruson's Brick Block, Eighth
street, Man ltoWoc, Wisconsin.
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q. G.. SFDGWICK,

. TTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
n Offce in Torrison's brick block, north end
sth street bridge, Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Ceilec-
ions promptly attended 20.
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VIM. RAHR'S SONS,

DREWER AND MALSTER, CORNER SIXTH
ID and Washington streets, South side. The
1fghest cash price paid for Barley.
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WORKING CLASSES ATTEgTToNl A. I16 S1I 37gl

porcd II furnish all classes with employment at
home, the wnolc of the time, for their spare
moments. Business new. light and profitable.
Persons of either sex easily from 50 cents to
$500 per evening aud proportional sum by de-
voting Al their time to the business. Bows and
girls earn nearly a much as men. That all who
see this NAV send their address. ant test the hus
iness, make this offer To such as are nor
well satisfied we viii send one dollar to psy for
the troable Of writing Full particulars and ont
dt Tree: Address GEORGE STtNsoN 81 Co. Port
anu, Maine dec9S6
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Ma CH e NASH

A TTORNEYS ANDCOUNSELORS AT LAW
N Office over First National Bank, Eighth
Collections promptly attended to.
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q A FORREST,

TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT Law
"A Ohlce in Carus' Block iirst hsor, in doof
Street. Manitcwoc, Wis. Collections promptly
attended to. Jug
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F. S. LUHMANN, III. d.,

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. OFFICE AT
Residence Of Or. f. Simon, Hancock street,
near the court house, ManitCwoc, Wis. del5
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FOR SALE.

The undersigned offers for sale a farm con-
tanning 60 acres OF land situated in the town of
Cato, and described as follows: NWs Nws
See. -, Town -, Range - containing 40 acres:
and y SWs NV same town, range and
section, containing 20 acres. For further m
formation apply to MRS. c. KENDALL.
feblS Frankfort. Mich
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TERMS, TWO DOLLARS PER YEAR
0R TOUIS FALGE.
NICHOLAS WICKERT,

nf - ~ ao,tb a. s,de. 24feb8I
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MICHAEL K1EwAS
scHMITz
AiIZ-
SCHMITZ & KIR w AN,

A TTORNEYS At LAW. OFFICE IN Franz
n BLOCK, South Eighth Street, Manitowoc
Wisconsin [mayl1
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MEAT MARkE
JOHN PITT, Proprietor.
York Street, between 7th and 3th.

Ihaveopened new Meat Market on YORK stree,
where shall Keep constantly on hand all kinds O.
fresh meats. By fair dealing and Just weight hop,
to receive share ofyour patronage.
iuu2Q-I2m Holm PITT
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NOTARY PUBLIC AND MONEY BROKER.
y LegaI papers drawn and money loaned on
good security. Manitowoc. Wis.
Office west Of Manitowoc Savings Bank.
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JJOITcau live at home and make more money
VIII lat work Tor Us, than al anything else in
UII this world. Capital not needed, YOU are
started free. Both sexes all ages. ANY
one can do the NurR. Large earnings lIum first
start. Costly uutnt and terms free. Bette NOT
delay. Costs you nothing 10 send Us yDuI ad-
dress and lind out; il YOU Wise you ", II do 50
at once. H. uALLETT X Co E. Portland. u .tiur.
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Supposed owner and
Amt Of

Upon motion it was ordered that the
Council be asked to cause refunding
order for the sum of $3.50 to be drawn
upon the City Treasury in favor of
Alexander Ramsey, owner of lot IA,
block 6S, Rice Il Iryine's addition to st.
Paul, the said sum being the amount
overpaid by said owner on account of
error in assessment for sprinkling
Pleasant avenue, from Third street to
Ramsey street, and Ramsey street,
from Pleasant avenue to Will
No. 5, under contract of FOrreStal 81
Reilly for term ending Nov. Is, 1887.
Upon motion the assessment for the
grading of Mound street, from Burns
avenue to Hiawatha street, was ordered
corrected by abating $3.50 of the amount
assessed against block 25, Suburban
Hills addition to st. Paul, the said
amount being in full compensation for
all claim on account of damages to said
property overlooked in making said
assessment for condemning and taking
an easement for making and maintain
ing slopes necessary in grading said
Mound street.
Upon motion the assessment for the
grading of Smelling avenue, from st.
Clair street to north city limits, was cor
rected by abating 500 being $50 on each
loo of the amount assessed against lots
IA and Is, block /. Milham Park, ST.
Paul4H. NJ. Whitcher, supposed owner,
the said amount being in full cOmpensa-
ton for damages to stone wall, over
looked in making the assessment for
the opening, widening and extension of
Smelling avenue, upon the presentation
tothe City Treasurer of a proper release
foraI claims for damages by reason of
said opening.
The Clerk was directed to give notice
ofcorrection in the matter of the assess
ment for the grading and bOulevarding
of Summit avenue to width of 200
feet. from Lexington avenue westerly
to edge of the bluff near the Mississippi
river, as to ownership, description of
and amount assessed against the follow
ing described property, tO-wit:
Southwesterly 4 of Nelly 4 of sec
ton 8, town IS, range 23,except railroad
right of way and Summit avenue, being
in st. Paul, Minnesota.
The Clerk was directed to give notice
of correction in the matter of the assess
ment for the construction, relaying and
repairing of wooden sidewalks under
contract of James Forrestal OBSTINATE
No. 81, for term beginning April l, 1887,
and ending Nov. /, 1887, as to amount
assessed against lot 10, Kalman's Di-
vision No. /, st. Paul. and as to owner
ship, description of and amount to be
assessed against lot II, Kalman's. Di-
vision No. /, st. Paul front street,
south side).
The Clerk was directed to give notice
of correction in the matter of the assess
ment for sprinkling Seventh street,
from Third street to st. Clair street. in
Sprinkling- District No. 5, under contract
of Forrestal & Reilly, for term ending
Nov. Is, 1887, as to ownership, descrip-
ton of and amount assessed against lots
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4 and 3 Only of Seventh street,, block I,
WinsloW's addition to st. Paul.

.Winslow's addition to st. Paul.
Pursuant to due notice and the adj
jOurnmentS Hereunder, the matter Of
making and completing the assessment
for the opening, widening and extern
sion OF Arthur avenue, from Gates street
to Concord street, came up, and the
same was adjourned to Dec. 10, 1887, at
2p. M.
Pursuant to due notice and the ad-
jOurnments Hereunder, the matter of
making and completing the assessment
of damages arising from change of
grade on Third street for the bridge
over the railroad right of way, and for
the approaches thereto, from point
fifty (50) feet east of the east line Of
Locust street to Commercial street, on
the following described property, to
wit: Blocks so, 40, Al and AZ, Lyman
Dayton's addition; lot 2, DawsOn's re-
arrangement of block %, Lyman Day
toms addition, and lot l, said Dawson's
Encouragement Except part owned by
st. Paul & Duluth Railroad company,
came up, and the same was adjourned
to the 25th inst. at p. m.
Pursuant to due notice the matter OF
the confirmation of the assessment for
condemning and taking an easement on
the land adjoining and on the line of
George street between Livingston
avenue and State street, for making and
maintaining slopes one and One-half
40 feet ON said land for every foot cut
or filled necessary for the grading OF
George street between Livingston
avenue and State street came up, and
the same was duly confirmed.
Adjourned.
r. L. GERMAN, President.
W. ERWIN, Clerk Board Public Works.
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Adjourned Meeting.

ST. PAUL, Nov. 25, 1887.
Board met at 10 a. IN. pursuant to adj
jOurnment of the oath inst.
Present: Messrs. Barrett, Quinby,
Starkey and Mr.. President.
Reading the minutes of the 21st and
cath inst. dispensed with, and upon
motion the said minutes were approved.
Pursuant to due notice and the adj
journments Hereunder, the matter of
making correction in the assessment
for the opening, widening and extern
sion of Belvidere street, between Hall
avenue and South Robert street, as to
ownership, description of ane amount
assessed against block ''F," West st.
Paul proper. came up, and the same was
adjourned to p. m. this day.
Pursuant to due notice and the adj
journment Hereunder, the matter of
making and completing the assessment
for the construction, relaying and re-
pairing of wooken sidewalks under con-
tract of James Forrestal Estimate No.
g. for term beginning April l, 1887. and
ending Nov. 1, 1887, came up, and the
same was duly completed and the clerk
directed to give the confirmation notice.
Adjourned to Up. III. this day.
r. l.. GORMAN, President.
w. F. ERWIN, Clerk Board PublicWOrks.
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Adjourned Meeting.

ST. PAUL, NOV. ~, 1851
Board met at 10 a. M, pursuant TO ADJ
journ ent of the 2Sth st.
Present: Messrs. Barrett, Quinby,j
Starkey and Mr.. President.
Pursuant to due not ce and the adj.
jour ments tn reunder, tie matteH1
of making and completing the aEs'
sessment of damages arising froIIt!
change IF 1T de on Third street.
for the bridge over the railroad right Of
way and for the approaches thereto. ]
from point fifty 500 feet east of ths]
east line of Locust street to Commercial9
street, ON the following described pr0psi
erty. to-wit: Blocks 80. 40, Al and A, |
Lyman DaytOn's addition, lot 2, Dawsa
sons Encouragement of block 20, LyN
man Dayton's addition, and lot 1, saiG
Dawson's Encouragement Except part
owned by st. Paul & Duluth RailrOad
company. came up, and the same waM
adjourned to December l, 1887, at p. ms
Adjourned.
r. l.. GORMAN, President.
WE ERWIN, Clerk Board Public Works,